Re: [PATCH] atomic: add atomic_inc_not_zero_hint()

Eric Dumazet
2010-11-05T19:46:43Z

Le vendredi 05 novembre 2010 à 12:39 -0700, Andrew Morton a écrit :

> Ah. I wasn't able to see much duplicated code at all, so I wasn't sure
> that we needed to bother about this issue.
>
> yup, atomic_inc_not_zero() looks like a candidate.

yes, and atomic_add_unless()...

>
> > [PATCH v3] atomic: add atomic_inc_not_zero_hint()
>
> Let's go with this for now ;)
>
> I'll assume that you intend to make use of this function soon, and it
> looks safe enough to sneak it into 2.6.37-rc2, IMO. If Linus shouts at
> me then we could merge it into 2.6.38-rc1 via net-next, but I think
> straight-to-mainline is best.
>

Well, I dont expect using it before 2.6.38, no hurry Andrew, but it
probably can be merged before, since it has no user yet. It'll help our
job for sure.

Thanks